Holiday Decorating through the Ages!

Grandmother Lillian and her village.

I posted this story originally in 2014… Enjoy!

Holiday Decorating through the Generations!

The "Holiday Season" is upon us and in one week I will start decorating the house. 

 One of my favorite things to do! 

I come from a long line of decorators!  Generation after generation.  The photo above shows my Grandmother Lillian proudly standing next to her Christmas Village!  It took her well over a week to place it all together and we were all invited for the annual debut! My brother and I just loved it and would create stories about the all the figurines.  

The village was so meticulous and the attention to detail was fantastic!

My Mother was also an avid decorator.  She created many hand made ornaments and designed projects for us kids to work with her.  From paper mache projects to creating ornaments out of yarn.

Our Christmas tree was a work of art year after year.

I remember the year when my Mother hid elves and other characters throughout our rooms that we had to find!  It was always fun to find where she had placed them.  One year she gave me a "Santa Christmas" paper doll book.  The book was filled with elves and different characters.  

When I first moved out on my own it became my very first holiday decor item!

  I still have it today!

The book unfolded into a world of Christmas Magic! 

As the years went by I of course developed my own ideas for "Christmas Decorating".

However I never forgot where my love for it began!

Over the next few weeks I will share with you some of my decor ideas over my adult life!

"Happy Decorating" with your family!

Have a WONDERFUL Season!

Your Artist Friend,

Jennifer Lake